Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fifteen people are confirmed dead following a fatal accident along the Kagadi-Fort Portal road. The incident took place around 9 pm on Sunday at Kyamutunzi village near River Muzizi in Muhorro town Council, Kagadi district. The accident involved a trailer registration number UAD …
Read More »Minister directs Entebbe taxis back to Usafi, Kisenyi Parks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs Hajjat Minsa Kabanda has directed Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA to enforce the return of taxis playing Entebbe to Usafi and Kisenyi parks. Addressing the media at the Uganda Media Center, Kabanda said that they held a meeting …
Read More »Taxi operators, vendors fight over Usafi market space
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A disagreement has erupted between taxi operators and vendors in Usafi over the land hosting the market. Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA opened Usafi market in 2013 to host street vendors and hawkers on one side and a taxi park with taxis plying mainly the Entebbe route …
Read More »Relatives storm Mulago after Nile Avenue taxi crash
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The mood at Mulago’s causality ward was still tense by mid-morning on Saturday as relatives checked on the victims of Friday’s Nile Avenue taxi crash. The crash involving a taxi UAW 987Y along Nile avenue claimed two lives on spot and injured 10 others. Security …
Read More »Boss, it is raining!
. COMMENT | ELIZABETH K. PATIENCE | I wake up and prepare to leave home for work. Moments before setting off it starts raining. Time check- 6.20 am! Because I stay in the city suburb of Nsasa, I always leave home by 6.30. Also, since I don’t drive, I often jump …
Read More »Panic as passenger dies in commuter taxi
Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was panic in a taxi travelling to Sembabule from Kampala on Tuesday afternoon following the death of a female passenger. The 22-year-old Rose Nampiima reportedly boarded the taxi from New Taxi park in Kampala while feeling unwell. Elly Mutumba, the driver of the taxi …
Read More »Two dead, 13 injured in Pader road accident
Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people died on Monday afternoon while 13 others were left critically injured after a taxi they were travelling in overturned along Gulu-Kitgum highway. The incident involving a taxi registration number UBJ 164A, happened at around 2pm, about five kilometers from Laguti trading center in …
Read More »Taxi operators Sacco buys vehicle from emyooga funds
Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of taxi operators under Manjiya Taxi Operators Sacco in Bududa district have brought a taxi from the emyooga funds. Emyooga, a presidential initiative for wealth and job creation was rolled out in October 2020 to support among others, market vendors, welders, taxi drivers, …
Read More »KCCA to review Old Taxi Park stages ahead of reopening
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA is reviewing stages for taxis to operate in the newly renovated Old Taxi Park. Last week, KCCA released a route chart to be followed by taxi operators who were scheduled to return to the Old Taxi Park on on …
Read More »Accident claims three, injures four in Luweero
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three passengers have been confirmed dead and four others critically injured when a trailer rammed into a taxi in Luweero district. The accident occurred at Kakinzi village in Luweero district along the Kampala-Gulu highway yesterday evening. It involved a Kampala bound trailer registration number T141 …
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